Re: Fwd: Fw: Is this Yiddish legal?

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

_I_ think this is priceless!  But it's "depreciate," not 
"deprecate"--illiterates!! (in English!)


>From: Lori Cahan-Simon <lsimon (at) SoftHome(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Fw: Is this Yiddish legal?
>Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:55:26 -0400
>
>I know this isn't the subject of our discussion, but I thought it was cute.
>  If this kind of thing should not be posted please let me know.
>
> >> Subject: Is this Yiddish legal?
> >>
> >>
> >> > > From an article reprinted from the Rainbow
> >> Reporter, December 1991:
> >> > >
> >> > >   "In the heat of litigation, tempers often
> >> flare and lawyers sometimes
> >> > > have difficulty expressing their frustrations.
> >> When English fails,
> >> > Yiddish
> >> > > may come to the rescue.  So it happened that
> >> defense attorneys arguing
> >> in
> >> > a
> >> > > recent summary judgment motion in federal court
> >> in Boston wrote, in a
> >> > > responsive pleading, 'It is unfortunate that
> >> this Court must wade
> >> through
> >> > > the dreck of plaintiff's original and
> >> supplemental statement of
> >> undisputed
> >> > > facts.'  The plaintiffs' attorneys, not to be
> >> outdone, responded with a
> >> > > motion that could double as a primer on
> >> practical Yiddish for
> >> lawyers....
> >> > >
> >> > >   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
> >> > >   DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
> >> > >
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > >   MONICA SANTIAGO, Plaintiff,
> >> > >                                           v.
> >> > >   SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, et al.
> >> > >                                   Defendants.
> >> > >
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > >   Civ. No. 87-2799-T
> >> > >
> >> > >   PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE IMPERTINENT AND
> >> SCANDALOUS MATTER
> >> > >
> >> > >      Plaintiff, by her attorneys, hereby moves
> >> this Court pursuant to
> >> Rule
> >> > > 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to
> >> strike as impertinent
> >> and
> >> > > scandalous the characterization of her factual
> >> submission as "dreck" on
> >> > > page 11 of Defendant's Rule 56.1 Supplemental
> >> Statement of Disputed
> >> Facts
> >> > > (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
> >> A).  As grounds
> >> therefore,
> >> > > plaintiff states:
> >> > >
> >> > > 1.  For almost four years now, plaintiff and her
> >> attorneys have been
> >> > > subjected to the constant kvetching by
> >> defendants' counsel, who have
> >> made
> >> > a
> >> > > big tsimmes about the quantity and quality of
> >> plaintiff's responses to
> >> > > discovery requests.  This has been the source of
> >> much tsouris among
> >> > > plaintiff's counsel and a big megillah for the
> >> Court.
> >> > >
> >> > > 2.  Now that plaintiff's counsel has, after much
> >> time and effort,
> >> > provided
> >> > > defendants with a specific and comprehensive
> >> statement of  plaintiff's
> >> > > claims and the factual basis thereof,
> >> defendants' counsel have  the
> >> > > chutzpah to call it "dreck" and to urge the
> >> Court to ignore it.
> >> > >
> >> > > 3.  Plaintiff moves that this language be
> >> stricken for several reasons.
> >> > > First, we think it is impertinent to refer to
> >> the work of a fellow
> >> member
> >> > > of the bar of this Court with the Yiddish term
> >> "dreck" as it would be to
> >> > > use "the sibilant four-letter English word for
> >> excrement."
> >> (Rosten,
> >> > > The Joys of Yiddish (Simon & Schuster, New York,
> >> NY (1968) p. 103.
> >> > >
> >> > > Second, defendants are in no position to
> >> deprecate plaintiff's counsel
> >> in
> >> > > view  of  the  chozzerai which they have filed
> >> over the course of this
> >> > > litigation.  Finally, since not all of
> >> plaintiff's lawyers are yeshiva
> >> > > bochurs,  defendants should  not have assumed
> >> that they would all be
> >> > > conversant in Yiddish.
> >> > >
> >> > > WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays that the Court put an
> >> end to the mishegoss
> >> and
> >> > > strike "dreck."
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >
>Lori Cahan-Simon
>
>


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